{"id":2241,"date":"2023-02-18T03:25:26","date_gmt":"2023-02-18T03:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wendywidgets.com\/ATasteOfTravel\/?page_id=2241"},"modified":"2025-03-14T23:13:14","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T23:13:14","slug":"banff-alberta","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wendywidgets.com\/ATasteOfTravel\/banff-alberta\/","title":{"rendered":"Banff, Alberta"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h2>Banff, Alberta, Canada<br \/>\nFebruary 2023<\/h2>\n<p><em>~ Click any image in the galleries to enlarge and see them at their best ~<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wendywidgets.com\/ATasteOfTravel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230217_123016-scaled.jpg\" name=\"View from our condo balcony\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wendywidgets.com\/ATasteOfTravel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230217_123016-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1844\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve been to Banff many times, mostly in the winter for some skiing with the family. These photos are all from our latest trip early 2023, though when I dig up some of our older family photos, I may add them as well.<\/p>\n<p>Our condo was located in a hamlet called <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dead_Man%27s_Flats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dead Man&#8217;s Flats<\/a>, just outside the east Banff Gate. The photo shows the gorgeous view from our balcony.<\/p>\n<p>This trip was truly a pleasure, since one of our daughters and hubby, plus their 17-month old grandson, were able to join us. Lots of laugher and smiles all around, good home-cooked food and warm fire after a day on the slopes, and beautiful views everywhere we looked.<\/p>\n\t<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<h3>Sunshine Mountain<\/h3>\n<p>Sunshine Mountain certainly lived up to its name. Whenever the sun broke through the clouds, the whole mountain would light up, an invitation to conquer the next run. And the views were absolutely stunning in every direction.<\/p>\n<p>It was great how each lift covered a very different terrain, adding lots of variety on the runs. No lift lines, and of course the high speed quad with heated seats and bubble dome was much appreciated!<\/p>\n<style>#jtg-2240 .modula-item { border: 1px solid #000000; }#jtg-2240 .modula-item { border-radius: 5px; }#jtg-2240 .modula-item .jtg-social a, .lightbox-socials.jtg-social a{ color: #ffffff }#jtg-2240 .modula-item .jtg-social svg, .lightbox-socials.jtg-social svg { height: 16px; width: 16px }#jtg-2240 .modula-item .jtg-social a:not(:last-child), .lightbox-socials.jtg-social a:not(:last-child) { margin-right: 10px }#jtg-2240 .modula-item .modula-item-content { transform: scale(1) }#jtg-2240 .modula-items .figc p.description { color:;}#jtg-2240.modula-gallery .modula-item > a, #jtg-2240.modula-gallery .modula-item, #jtg-2240.modula-gallery .modula-item-content > a:not(.modula-no-follow) { cursor:zoom-in; } #jtg-2240.modula-gallery .modula-item-content .modula-no-follow { cursor: default; } @media screen and (max-width:480px){#jtg-2240 .modula-item .figc .jtg-title {  font-size: 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href=\"https:\/\/wendywidgets.com\/ATasteOfTravel\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=2240&#038;action=edit#!modula-general\">Edit gallery<\/a>\n\t<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<h3>Downtown Banff<\/h3>\n<p>We walked around downtown Banff, with its restaurants and bars, cute shops, and incredible art galleries that tempted our wallets! Many of the city buses were painted with various wild animals, though I only managed to capture a photo of half a bus since there were always cars in the way! And I love Banff because it is surrounded by mountain peaks in <em><strong>all<\/strong><\/em> directions. So beautiful.<\/p>\n<p>We also went to the Fairmont Banff Springs hotel, which is a large chateau-style hotel built between 1911 and 1928. 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